Personal prayer buffers self-control depletion

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-59

  Friese, Malte ^a   Wänke, Michaela ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Ego depletion; Praying; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889632444     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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